The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

married. A few weeks ago the couple ap
peared at Santa Cruz seaside resort
and he made an effort at different
houses OF ill-fame to have her taken IN
as an inmate and thus support him
and ne finally succeeded. The facts
becoming known Saturday, about mid
night 100 masked men overpowered
Miller and took him to the outskirts Il
the town, where he was stripped,
given coat of tar and feathers and
ordered to leave the city within four
hours.
TEN FISHERMEN DROWNED.
GLoUCEsTER, Mass, Oct. 1S.-The
schooner Herman BobSOn arrived from
Grand Banks to-day. Capt. Lawson
reports that on September 30th he fell
In with the French fishing sloOp st.
Pierce of st. Pierre water logged. He
boarded her and found ten men drown
ed In the cabin. The weather being
very rough he was unable to do any
thing for her or recover the bodies.
SAW MILL BURNED.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 15.-To-day fire
broke out in Crane & Co. 3 Saw-mill in
the Eastern part of Fulton. The entire
fire department of the city was called
to the scene. A strong gale was blow
ing from the river in the direction of
the hills, which run parallel to the
river. AT the foot of the hill is East
ern Avenue. It was but q few minutes
before everything between the river
and Eastern Avenue, between Bayou
and Lumber Streets, an area of about
t1ve acres, was q mass of flames. In
this area was about 9,OOO, 600 feet of
lumber, about twenty dwellings, nearly
all of them wooden buildings, and the
st. Rosa Roman Catholic Church, be-
sides numerous stables and other out
houses. The wind pushed the flames
from the river toward the frame houses
on the hillsides, and scores of them
house-tops fought the flames
out. The firebrands leaped clear over
the roofs and ignited the grass on the
bluff slopes of the hill. Up the sleeps
the fire climbed and set on fire the sta
BILE of DR.. Williams, the oculist. An
engine was detached and sent up the
hill. Fortunately the wind changed
and blew toward the river and aided
the firemen, who were all the while
water. The fire during its progress
caused panic in that part of the city.
But few of them were insured. About
twenty dwellings and tenementS
were destroyed. 1t is not pos
sible to give anything but ap-
proximations of the entire losses.
The loss of Crane s. Co., saw-mil ma
chinery aud lumber, is estimated at
from 500, 900 to 100000. The insur-
ance on this, was sS7 600; On the
dwellings and other buildings there
was little or no insurance. The losses
on these is estimated at from CSC, 600
to $4,000. The lower figure is more
nearly the correct one. Among the
losses of dwellings are William Emer-
son, 1000; John Ferguson, $1,000;
Lewis Glenn, $500; Jacob Gardner,
81 900. st. Rosa Church was damaged
$4,000. Knuemen's livery stable, 50, 600,
total losses. The grand total will be
about $4,000 Many persons were
made homeless.
SOUTHERN vIGILANTES.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct. 49,
News was brought here this morning
saying that Dan Cunningham, the
Eureka detective, who stands charged
with having been the instigator of the
robbery of Rev. Mr.. Ryan and others
in. Boone and Jackson Counties. was
caught yesterday and lynched last
night night by vigilants. This is a
rumOr that seems to have no fOunda-
ton, from what your correspondent
can learn. 1t is certain that there
were only seven engaged in the murder
and robbery of Rev. Ryan. OF this
number the vigilants have disposed of
Coon, lynched; George Duff, Jr., shot
in making his arrest; Bob Duff, shot
and throat cut after ar
rest, and Drake, hung on
his way to the jail at Spencer. The
two Duffs, Coon and Drake confessed,
nephew were the two not caught. All
arrests made by the vigilants were up
on warrants. The excitement still
runs high and it is evident that others
will be arrested for the murder. When
Bob Duff was shot one of the vigilants
went to his body and cut his throat,
saying: "This is remembrance of the
young lady school teacher you killed for
her money" A special runner sent
out by the Associated Press from this
city will return tonight with full par
ticularS.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 49,
Since the murder of Rev. Thomas z.
Ryan near Spencer, Boone County, this
state, it has been learned that an Or
ganized band of regulators of over
1000 citizens, farmers and others of
Jackson, Boone, Kanawha, Clay and
Gilmer Counties has existed for over
SIX months. The organization was
formed for the purpose of self-protec-
ton against the organized bands OF
| robbers and murdererS, who have
run riot in certain localities
of Jackson, Boone and Kanawaha
Counties, in which stores have
been robbed and innocent people made
to suffer. 1t was about IL O'Clock
Tuesday night last when the door OF
Rev. Ryan's mountain home was
crushed in, after shot had been fired
through the front door. Ryan immedi.
ately sprang from his bed, grabbed his
shot gun, cooked both barrels and ex
claimed:
What is wantedp"
The reply was from the inner door
''Old man; we want your money, anC
are going to have it,"
A second shot was fired and RyaI
fell, shot through the bowels. Tht
murderers, five in number, then ran
sacked the lower part of the house
getting nothing and overlooking the
money near at hand. Strong circum
stantiaI evidence pointed to Charles
Coon, George Duff, Jr., Robert
M. Duff and Perry Drake
for whom warrants were issued. DRAKE
was quietly arrested at his home
Constable Gibson and q posse of abou
sixty went to the residence of Georg
Duff, ST., in Kaintuck, jackson
County, where George Duff
Jr,, and Coon were quar-
tered. They had prepared 70
an assault, expecting TROUBLESOME
time. Coon, who saw the posse NOV
ing upon the house, cooIly notified tn
two females present to leave, as Their
was going to be q show. Upon the az
preach of the officers, Coon warne
them away and Immediately opene
fire with a pistol. The fire was II
turned by the officers, and for a fey
minutes bullets flew thick and fas
from each party. The authorities too
0 refuge in an upstairs room, wher
q Duff was brought down by a shot froI
9 a rife: The officers then surrounde
o the house, and were about to set it o
fire, when old man Duff, q respectab
q farmer, prevailed upon Coon
surrender, which he did, as his an
o munition was exhausted. Robert n
Duff was arrest the same day, last Fir
s day, at his home, near that of b
d fathers. On Saturday noon Il
, prisoners were taken to the scene
their crime, and a Justice set yesterds
for their preliminary trial. Meanwhi
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